Colecovision
The Colecovision is a home video game console released by Coleco in 1982. It features a unique gamepad which is a mixture of a phone keypad and a joystick
Emulator | Rom Folder | Extension | BIOS | Controller Config |
---|---|---|---|---|
CoolCV | coleco | .bin .col .rom .zip | none (integrated) | /opt/retropie/configs/coleco/coolcv_mapping.txt |
lr-blueMSX | coleco | .bin .col .rom .zip | coleco.rom | /opt/retropie/configs/coleco/retroarch.cfg |
Emulators CoolCV, lr-blueMSX
Note that CoolCV is only available for the Raspberry Pi currently, but it's not compatible with the Pi4/400 models.
ROMS
Accepted File Extensions: .bin .col .rom .zip
Place your Colecovision ROMs in
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/coleco
lr-blueMSX BIOS:
lr-blueMSX requires the coleco.rom
BIOS. Place your BIOS in:
/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/Machines/COL - ColecoVision/
lr-blueMSX Controls
lr-blueMSX utilises Retroarch configurations
Add custom retroarch controls to the retroarch.cfg file in
/opt/retropie/configs/coleco/retroarch.cfg
CoolCV Controls
Keyboard is the default controller. Press Right Shift + Enter to exit
Mapping file is created after you've started the emulator once in /home/pi/coolcv_mapping.txt
' CoolCV mappings for Colecovision controllers to keyboard and joystick
up_1 key1073741906
right_1 key1073741903
down_1 key1073741905
left_1 key1073741904
left_button_1 key32 joy0_0
right_button_1 key109 joy0_1
button3_1 key1073741939
button4_1 key1073741939
key1_1 key49
key2_1 key50
key3_1 key51
key4_1 key52
key5_1 key53
key6_1 key54
key7_1 key55
key8_1 key56
key9_1 key57
key*_1 key111
key0_1 key48
key#_1 key112
up_2 key119
right_2 key100
down_2 key115
left_2 key97
left_button_2 key9 joy1_0
right_button_2 key113 joy1_1
button3_2 key1073741939
button4_2 key1073741939
key1_2 key114
key2_2 key116
key3_2 key121
key4_2 key102
key5_2 key103
key6_2 key104
key7_2 key118
key8_2 key98
key9_2 key110
key*_2 key106
key0_2 key107
key#_2 key108
key_save key1073741882
key_restore key1073741883
key_exit key1073741939
key_pause key1073741884
key_reset key8